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Colonel Uniacke CB was the eldest son of Captain Turner Uniacke (19th Regt. of Foot). He was commanding 2 Battalion when he was fatally wounded during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle (during which a total of seven British lieutenant colonels were killed). He died, aged 52, on 13 March 1915. Colonel Uniacke is buried at Estaires Communal Cemetery.